Inter-regional Packaging Commission (IVCIE)

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An Inter-regional Co-operation Agreement has been signed between the 3 Belgian Regions (in charge of the environmental policy) in order to ensure the (consistent) transposition of the requirements of the Directive 94/62/EC.

The Co-operation Agreement defines 4 types of packers/fillers and importers responsible for packaging (the so called “parties responsible for packaging”):

Type A: Any party who packages products or has products packaged for him in Belgium with the purpose to sell these goods in Belgium;

Type B: Any party who imports packaged products in order to sell them in Belgium;

Type C: where industrial packaging waste is concerned for products that do not come under type A or type B, any party who unpacks or consumes the packaged goods on the Belgian territory. This is, for instance, often the case with raw materials, and spare parts. Type C only concerns T&I packaging.

Type D: Any party who manufactures service packaging in Belgium or imports it, with as purpose to market it in Belgium. Service packaging is only applicable in the field of household packaging. It often happens that a single company simultaneously falls under more than one type.

Any party who is responsible for at least 300 tonnes of one-way packaging per year (as well as any party who uses annually at least 100 tonnes of one-way packaging to pack products in Belgium, by himself or via sub-contractor, with a view to market them in Belgium), is obliged to submit, once every three years, a prevention plan to the authorities in charge of the Co-operation Agreement (IVCIE).

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To reach the recovery and recycling targets for its members

To report its results regarding recovery and recycling, to the authorities

To support its members in their efforts to reduce the quantities of HH packaging they use.

The cooperation agreement regarding prevention and management of packaging waste concluded on 4/11/2008 and published in the Belgian Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees (B.B.A.O.D) on 29 December 2008.

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